Lauren Bacall on screen and stage
American actress Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) had an extensive career in films, television shows, and plays. She was one of the leading ladies during the Golden Age of Hollywood along with actresses such as Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth.[1] Bacall started her career as a teenage fashion model when she appeared on the cover of Harper's Bazaar and was discovered by Howard Hawks' wife Nancy.[2][3] As she naturally had a high-pitched and nasal voice, she received lessons to help deepen it and was required to shout verses by Shakespeare for hours every day as part of her training.[4][5]
Bacall's first film appearance was with Humphrey Bogart in the 1944 film To Have and Have Not. The following year she married Bogart and went on to appear with him in The Big Sleep (1946), Dark Passage (1947), and Key Largo (1948). She also starred in comedies such as How to Marry a Millionaire in 1953 with Marilyn Monroe, Designing Woman in 1957 with Gregory Peck, and Sex and the Single Girl in 1964 with Natalie Wood. Bacall also appeared in Murder on the Orient Express (1974) and The Shootist (1976).
In Bacall's later years, she appeared in the films All I Want for Christmas (1991), Prêt-à-Porter (1994), The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996), My Fellow Americans (1996), Diamonds (1999), Dogville (2003), Eve (2008) Wide Blue Yonder (2010) and The Forger (2012). For her role as Hannah Morgan in The Mirror Has Two Faces, Bacall won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture and was nominated for a BAFTA and an Academy Award.[6][7][8] Her television work included appearances on Mr. Broadway (1964), Chicago Hope (1998), and The Rockford Files (1979), as well as providing the voice of Evelyn on the animated series Family Guy (2014).
Bacall also performed on Broadway in the plays Cactus Flower in 1965 and The Visit in 1995 and musicals such as Applause in 1970 and Woman of the Year in 1981. For her roles in Applause and Woman of the Year, she won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical.[9][10]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1944 | To Have and Have Not | Marie "Slim" Browning | [2] | |
1945 | Confidential Agent | Rose Cullen | [11] | |
1946 | Two Guys from Milwaukee | Herself (cameo) | [12] | |
The Big Sleep | Vivian Sternwood Rutledge | [2] | ||
1947 | Dark Passage | Irene Jansen | [2] | |
1948 | Key Largo | Nora Temple | [2] | |
1950 | Young Man with a Horn | Amy North | [2] | |
Bright Leaf | Sonia Kovac | [11] | ||
1953 | How to Marry a Millionaire | Schatze Page | [2] | |
1954 | Woman's World | Elizabeth Burns | Alternate title: A Woman's World | [13] |
1955 | The Cobweb | Meg Faversen Rinehart | [14] | |
Blood Alley | Cathy Grainger | [1] | ||
1956 | Written on the Wind | Lucy Moore Hadley | [11] | |
1957 | Designing Woman | Marilla Brown Hagen | [2] | |
1958 | The Gift of Love | Julie Beck | [11] | |
1959 | North West Frontier | Catherine Wyatt | Alternate title: Flame Over India | [11] |
1964 | Shock Treatment | Dr. Edwina Beighley | [11] | |
Sex and the Single Girl | Sylvia Broderick | [15] | ||
1966 | Harper | Elaine Sampson | Alternate title: The Moving Target | [11] |
1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Mrs. Harriet Belinda Hubbard | [11] | |
1976 | The Shootist | Bond Rogers | [2] | |
1980 | HealtH | Esther Brill | [1] | |
1981 | The Fan | Sally Ross | [2] | |
1988 | Appointment with Death | Lady Westholme | [16] | |
Mr. North | Amelia Cranston | [11] | ||
John Huston: The Man, the Movies, the Maverick | Herself | Documentary film | [17] | |
1989 | Tree of Hands | Marsha Archdale | Alternate title: Innocent Victim | [18] |
1990 | Misery | Marcia Sindell | [2] | |
1991 | A Star for Two | Edwige | [15] | |
All I Want for Christmas | Lillian Brooks | [19] | ||
1994 | Ready to Wear (Prêt-à-Porter) | Slim Chrysler | [11] | |
1996 | The Mirror Has Two Faces | Hannah Morgan | [2] | |
My Fellow Americans | Margaret Kramer | [11] | ||
1997 | Day and Night | Sonia | French title: Le Jour et la Nuit | [20] |
1999 | Get Bruce | Herself | Documentary film | [21] |
Madeline: Lost in Paris | Madame Lacroque (voice) | Animated film | [22] | |
Diamonds | Sin-Dee | [11] | ||
Presence of Mind | Mado Remei | [11] | ||
The Venice Project | Countess Camilla Volta | [23] | ||
A Conversation with Gregory Peck | Herself | Documentary film | [24] | |
2003 | Dogville | Ma Ginger | [2] | |
Gone Dark | May Markham | Alternate title: The Limit | [25] | |
2004 | Howl's Moving Castle | Witch of the Waste (voice) | Animated film | [19] |
Birth | Eleanor | [1] | ||
Amália Traïda | TV Announcer | Short film | [26] | |
2005 | Manderlay | Mam | [1] | |
2006 | These Foolish Things | Dame Lydia | [27] | |
2007 | The Walker | Natalie Van Miter | [28] | |
2008 | Eve | Grandma | Short film | [29] |
Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King | The Grand Witch (voice) | Animated film | [30] | |
2010 | Wide Blue Yonder | May | Alternate title: All at Sea | [31] |
2012 | Ernest & Celestine | The Grey One (voice) | Animated film | [19] |
2012 | The Forger | Anne-Marie Cole | Alternate title: Carmel-by-the-Sea (final film role) | [11] |
Television
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1953 | What's My Line? | Herself – Mystery Guest | 3 episodes | [32] |
1954 | Light's Diamond Jubilee | Herself – Guest Star | Television special | [33] |
1955 | Producers' Showcase | Gabby Maple | Episode: "The Petrified Forest" | [34] |
1956 | Ford Star Jubilee | Elvira Condomine | Episode: "Blithe Spirit" | [1] |
1963 | The DuPont Show of the Week | Lorraine Boswell | Episode: "A Dozen Deadly Roses" | [35] |
Dr. Kildare | Virginia Herson | Episode: "The Oracle" | [15] | |
1964 | Mr. Broadway | Barbara Lake | Episodes: "Take a Walk Through a Cemetery", "Something to Sing About" | [36] |
1965 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Amanda / Barbara | Episode: "Double Jeopardy" | [37] |
1973 | Applause | Margo Channing | Television special (videotaped stage performance) | [38] |
1975 | Happy Endings | Catharine | Television special (segment: "A Commercial Break") | [39] |
1978 | Perfect Gentlemen | Lizzie Martin | Television film | [40] |
1979 | The Rockford Files | Kendall Warren | Episodes: "Lions, Tigers, Monkeys and Dogs: Part 1 & 2" | [41] |
1989 | Dinner at Eight | Carlotta Vance | Television film | [1] |
1990 | A Little Piece of Sunshine | Beatrix Coltrane | [42] | |
1991 | HBO Storybook Musicals | Freezelda (voice) | Episode: "The Ice Queen's Mittens" | [43] |
1993 | The Portrait | Fanny Church | Television film | [44] |
General Motors Playwrights Theater | Herself – Host | 10 episodes | [45] | |
A Foreign Field | Lisa | Television film | [46] | |
Great Performances | Narrator (voice) | Episode: "Leonard Bernstein: The Gift of Music" | [47] | |
1995 | From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler | Television film | [48] |
1998 | Chicago Hope | Samara Visco Klein | Episodes: "Risky Business", "Absent Without Leave" | [49] |
1999 | Too Rich: The Secret Life of Doris Duke | Doris Duke | Television miniseries | [11] |
2006 | The Sopranos | Herself – Guest Star | Episode: "Luxury Lounge" | [2] |
2008 | Empire State Building Murders | Penny Baxter | Television film | [50] |
2014 | Family Guy | Evelyn (voice) | Episode: "Mom's the Word" (final television role) | [51] |
Theatre
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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1942 | Johnny 2x4 | Ensemble | Broadway (credited as Betty Bacall) | [12] |
Franklin Street | Unnamed teenager | [2] | ||
1959 | Goodbye Charlie | Charlie | Broadway | [52] |
1965 | Cactus Flower | Stephanie | [52] | |
1970 | Applause | Margo Channing | Broadway and West End | [53] |
1977 | Wonderful Town | Ruth Sherwood | Summer stock | [54] |
1979 | V.I.P. Night on Broadway | Herself | Broadway (benefit concert) | [55] |
1981 | Woman of the Year | Tess Harding | Broadway | [15] |
1985 | Sweet Bird of Youth | The Princess Kosmonopolis | West End | [56] |
1989 | The Players Club Centennial Salute | Herself | Broadway (benefit concert) | [57] |
1995 | The Visit | Claire Zachanassian | Chichester Festival | [58] |
1996 | Angela Lansbury: A Celebration | Herself | Broadway (benefit concert) | [59] |
1999 | Waiting in the Wings | Lotta Bainbridge | Broadway | [27] |
Radio
[edit]- Lux Radio Theatre (1946) - Episode: To Have and Have Not[60]
- Bold Venture (1951–1952) - 78 episodes[61]
See also
[edit]- List of awards and nominations received by Lauren Bacall
- Humphrey Bogart on stage, screen, radio and television
References
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External links
[edit]- Lauren Bacall on screen and stage at IMDb
- Lauren Bacall on screen and stage at the TCM Movie Database